Given name & surname
Libra
Libra is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is balanced; the seventh sign of the zodiac.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is balanced; the seventh sign of the zodiac.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Libra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 218
- 0 boys · 218 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 as a first name in 2020; 238 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Libra’s family of names
Libra has a related form in Leabra. Libra has a related form in Leebra. Libra has a related form in Leibra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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